Thanks to STEVE for the new thread and congrats to JUDY for the lovely call over feather. Love your pics of our beloved eagles, JUDY!

SANDI, you DID have a grueling day and I hope this one is much, much better! The exterior changes both you and JUDIE are making sound beauteous!

LOLLY, positive thoughts wafting toward your dear cat. Hope JACK can bag that armadillo before it does too much damage!

I had a rather grueling day yesterday, too. Spent about 5 hours in the ER upon advice of my Primary Physician. CTScan showed no blockage or reason for the digestive problems I've been experiencing. Guess the July episode changed the way my guts react to some foods and I'll have to learn to live with it. At least I had all the usual labs and confirmation that I'm actually in pretty good health!

Now time to barrel into prep for my son's visit Thur.-Sun.. Yeah!!!

Anyone else enjoying the PBS Ken Burns documentary on Teddy, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt? 19 years in the White House between them and quite a family saga.

Well Sandi - you sure had an eventful evening not that any of it was pleasant~! Hoping Hopefully all will go well today and you can start on those IEPs.

Hoda - what the 'would be get away burglar on crutches' was thinking - one will never know but I think you have him pegged right as not being in line for the passing out of brains or even common sense.

Andy - hoping that humidity and your heat doesn't get to uncomfortable today. I have been shivering here on the east coast with the chilly nip in the air. Seems like fall weather but I bet as usual in October we will have our Indian Summer.

Kay - very sorry to hear about your day yesterday in the ER. I am glad though you went on in to get checkedover. I would rather do that then play a guessing game and just hoping it will go away. You have a visitor coming that will make you happy happy happy. Enjoy!

Good morning! Jack went out "hunting" several times before bed and again around 4 AM, No luck and only one hold dug. I filled in an armadillo home yesterday. He apparently was not in that hole/home but he visited it. His tail left a trail in the freshly raked dirt. Jack will probably "hunt" again tonight.

Jack is out cutting down a tree. Need to eat and get out and haul limbs!

good afternoon all. sheesh! the best laid plans!!!! and all that stuff!HODA"S out chasing dumb criminals! SANDI: fighting with technology and dumb people! KAY: glad the tests showed you are A-Okay, but good grief!!! and LOLLY is out armadillo hunting...thinking secretly making plans for roasted armadillo, !

Now, where ever those crab cakes are...yum yum yum.........

Livvy and I walked 2.18 miles this morning (much to her dismay!) and we have studied the brain. (mine is currently fried and overloaded, taking a lunch break)....

LOLLY I think you ought to make a basket out of your armadillo I use to have one when I lived in OHIO don't know what ever happened to it I don't remember where I got it just remember having one Was quite a conversation piece when peeps came over

Asking for prayer. Andrew is just not feeling this math teacher position. On Thursday, he goes for an interview in the same school system but teaching band to middle schoolers. I pray it is God's will that he gets this. His passion is definitely in music. He hasn't complained a lot but I just can feel that he is not happy with it. His interview is at 11:15 on Thursday. I am already nervous for him. :)

Thanks for the support gals! I did leave the hospital feeling a little embarrassed for having put the family, a neighbor and a BFF through some angst over my meaningless pain. However, they all took the stance you have "better safe than sorry". The nurses and docs I saw all said it is always wise to tend to what could be early warning signs of trouble. The main doc explained scar tissue makeup/behavior and told me, "you may be back here in 3 days or 3 months or never again, there is no way to predict what that stuff will do". I'm going to have to get over thinking every little pain means there is a blockage. I do so appreciate the concern and prayer on behalf of your senior most Momster! Hope I don't scare y'all where the aging process is concerned. It beats the alternative by a long shot!♥♥♥

Oh, JUDIE, I do love crabcakes and will save your yummy sounding recipe! SIL is highly allergic to fish, but can eat and loves shellfish. This could make a great company dinner!

Yes, JUDIE, in the course of having that horrible kidney abscess a couple of years ago and again with the blockage in July, they saw and reported that my gallbladder, appendix, pancreas and spleen all appear normal and trouble free. The report in July said, "the patient has a fatty liver". I must remember to ask my Primary what that means to me. I haven't eaten fatty things--red meat, pork, fried food in eons! Maybe nurse LORI can tell me something about that.

SHAR, what good omens for Andrew--an opening in his chosen field at a school named for THE most famous education reformer ever and with Eagles as their mascot--if they don't snap him up for that position we will have descend on them with our Eagle Canes! Prayers being said and fingers crossed!!!

JANET, Olivia is one lucky girl! A teacher who will exercise right along with her! Educating her is going to benefit you in untold ways. Kudos!!!!

JUDY, so cute that your typed KKay. Several peeps along the way have called me Kay-Kay. A neighbor who is Julie's age, Jon, calls me Kay Girl and a host of young people from my working days call me Mama Kay. All showing affection and I, of course, love it!

SHIRLEY, I don't know where your friend got that idea about sugar for hummers. The experts say simple table sugar most closely resembles the sugar they get from flowers. I've never seen a nectar recipe that didn't call for sugar. Honey is taboo, but sugar is Aok!

Bowling was very exciting for our team today. We won all of our games. My first two games were ordinary, then in the third one I got a spare followed by four consecutive strikes! I scored a 160 that game! I feel very good. Just hope I can continue to do well. I think the team will remain in first place for another week. :)

We may be feeling more of a challenge from here on out because the "true average" will now apply, so that means we will lose some handicap points.

Sharon, wishing the best outcome for Andrew. Teaching music would be a good fit for him.

Kay, just a thought I had. Great that you are doing well overall. Try the recipe for your SIL. Darth brought shrimp home today. Now need to think of a plan to have shrimp and pasghetti. Maybe saute with garlic and add to the pasta? Hmm, bet Lolly would know what to do. Oh, I know - pasghetti with shrimp in armadillo sauce. lol

Shirley, congratulations to you and to the team. First place is always good isn't it?

*Melt 1 T. butter over low heat*Mix in green onions, cook, stirring for 10 min*Pour in wine, broth, and cream*Bring to a boil, hard boil for 10 to 12 min until reduced by 1/3*Remove from heat, into a food processor or blender, puree sauce until smooth*Pour sauce back into sauce pan, over low heat whip remaining butter into sauce 1 T. at a time*Add lemon juice and salt and pepper

Kay, please take care of yourself and that includes trips to the ER. Always better safe than sorry!! Want you feeling chipper!!

Sharon, prayers for Andrew. First off....the first year is awful. Bad enough for one to question what they are doing. So, please let him know that in case he does not get the band job. Hopefully, he will get it.

couldn't work on the book during lunch today Bummer don't know if it the wifi or the puter but my flash player would let me do it and listen to the radio and watch Buddy all at the same time so only did Buddy and the radio Will work on it at home I guess Thought would be cool to pass time at work doing it

I kept getting the spinning blue circle and Not responding message and the flash player couldn't load or failed

heading to watch the news Right now talking about Prez Obama is flying in to Tampa that is what they are talking about now I could care less about that but some interesting news just may come on after that

Kay, after what you just went through in the hospital, I don't blame you one bit for being overly worried about a repeat performance!! Glad you went to the ER and got yourself checked out.

Shar, fingers crossed for Andrew. I agree with Lolly that the first year of teaching is awful, but especially so for someone who didn't even have the opportunity to do student teaching. The band job would be so much nicer - working with kids who WANT to be in the class as opposed to kids who are stuck learning something they are "never going to use" - their words, not mine.

good evening all! I copied and pasted BOTH recipies!!! they sound sooooooo yummmmmyyyyy..

steak and shrimp here tonight.

JUDYE: you gave me your armadillo basket. now, what I did with it eons ago is in question. but I remember it and I loved it. I often see armadillos on the side of the road here, but wouldn't know how to make a basket, and not sure I want to either. might be a tad messy and smelly.

Ya'll don't even begin to know how much brain work this is for me! (being Olivia's teacher). lol. I can now remember how to add mixed numerals with like and unlike denominators!!!

Its fun, most of the time. This morning, the 2 + mile walk, well not her favorite, but we did it anyway. Once we were out there, she had no choice but to continue or stay put on the side of the road (not an option).

I have been outside this afternoon. I've trimmed plants, pulled dead tomato plants, pulled weeds...had Livvy help for n hour or so as well. I planted more tulip bulbs and generally spruced thigns up.

I might plant some pansies and maybe some cabbage and peas or maybe lettuce tomorrow.

SIS I am so glad you said that I gave it to you I didn't remember where it went to LOLLY if you shoot the critter let us know and we can make a basket for my sister LOL since she loved the one I gave her and forgot with old age LOL

Its a little early for our royal couple to show up so LM and news for now Not working on book just yet - later maybe just don't want to have to buy it just yet Its Christmas presents I wish I knew that they only gave 14 days to buy without reediting to continue to save it I would have waited to do the book if I only knew But now I have added more pics and have maxed the pics and the pages 500 pics 250 pages

Well, we've survived the day so far! I think it was 100 here today. Sis-in-law lives in Yorba Linda, and it was 105 there. We checked, and Death Valley was "only" 99 today! This should be the worst day of the week, or at least that's what the weatherman is saying. Predicting 93 tomorrow, 87 on Thurs., 82 on Friday.

Kay, I'm glad you went and got checked out at the ER, too. Better safe than sorry! Hoping that your troubles will not return.

Shar, will be praying big-time for Andrew. He would be perfect for the job!

Judie and Lolly, I copied & pasted your recipes, and will try them very soon. They sound just wonderful! Lolly, hope Skippi is doing well.

Shirley, I've never heard about sugar water being a problem for hummers, but I'm sure that red food coloring is not recommended. How is Luna doing?

Well, think I'd better look for some (make that a LOT of) inspiration for dinner tonight. Don't dare cook anything. It was 92 degrees in our kitchen at 10:30 last night! YUCK!! Hmmm...maybe egg salad. we have a lot of hard-boiled eggs. Will try to check in later tonight. It just depends on how sleepy I am after dinner. Have a nice evening, everyone. I ♥ us!!!P.S.--Prayers continue, of course, for Jo and for Sable, Luna and Skippi.

Just copied down the recipe Judie gave us....it is now called Judie's Crab Cakes. LOL Have a recipe from Laurel, she calls them something else I call it Laurel's Beans. Have two crab cake recipes, this ne is different and will try it next.

lol. to be honest, when I first SAW the mixed numbers, I WANTED a mixed drink! he he he he

time for me. time for me. oh, I had that yesterday, JO. I had a massage.

we canceled tom's massage envy membership that I bought for him several years ago and he had 11 hours of massage to use before the end of the month...or loose them. so I took 5 and he took 6. I have used up my 5 (gave one to Michael) and still have one on my account as I earned points towards massage every time I pick up a weekend shift.

so yes, do make time for me. doing yard work is for me as well.

and I've been doing cross stitch in the evening.

well, time to call it a night. I have a splinter in my finger I have to get tom to dig out. :P then, cross stitch, and hit the hay!

Still no land line - waited til 7:20 and then called. I was told that a tech would be at the house within 20 minutes. Waited til 8:10 and called again. Then I was told that a tech was never assigned to our job and no one was scheduled to come at all. Good thing the lady I was talking to was in Paloma, CA not standing in my living room!

Janet - adding and subtracting mixed numbers will seem like a piece of cake when you get to y = mx + b. Wait til you have to explain to Livvy when she will need to use that concept in her real life!

Need to schedule a meeting with my new principal to discuss meaningless paperwork he has assigned to special ed. teachers. He has issued a tomorrow deadline for it and I haven't done it. Hoping I can convince him to see the situation through my lens, not his - wish me luck.

Jo, prayers for you that the chemo goes smoothly and does it's thing on those cancer cells. I love you!

Too exhausted to sleep. It used to happen when I was young.Still tying down Festival.Cash/ cheque bank deposits done.Credit Card Charges processing.Dealing with lost and found...Most of that is done.Buildings were cleared and keys returned.

Boy am I happy that I don't work or live in Tampa With the Prez in town they have closed the lower half of Tampa roads around the hotel and to the base where he is having pow wow later today They are thinking Boots on the Ground will be discussed

SANDI: here's the thing, I tell Olivia flat out, I don't know everything, nor do I pretend to. She might use this and she might not, but either way, its something she has to learn so let's just get 'er done. And, I have an older daughter who is a flat whiz at math and always has been. When it finally gets to a point where I can not longer figure it out, we have a plan for me to take her over there and I'll take Lorelei for a bit while Chelsea teaches a math lesson. And, Chelsea can coach me as well when necessary.

Olivia is so far behind in math as opposed to where "they say" a typical 8th grader should be, that I should pretty well get thru this year. As you notice we have done a lot of basic stuff, multiplication, division, least common multiple, greatest common factors, etc. Now we are working with fractions. The two things I find are 1. she freaks out mentally when the numbers get "larger" than what she is comfortable with and 2. she doesn't want to do the steps. she wants to short cut. when you are a math whiz, you can. the rest of us, do the steps!

I am learning so much about my own kid. impressed with much of it!

Wild fires scare me. We had an incident of them in Florida back in the late 90's and it terrified me. I cannot imagine living anywhere inclined to such a phenomenon on a regular basis! light and love to our West Coasters!

Not a lot else today. My buddy Chris gets her second round of Chemo today. Mixed feeling still She sounded good when I spoke with her a couple days ago. But I also know she put up a good front. Always talk to Nancy to confirm.

I slept better last night than I have in a bit. Thank you Sand person for whatever you did!

Today: give massages @ 9 and 9:30....come home, home school, then outside again. Back to work tomorrow.

Light, love, hugs, smiles and armadillo free days to all my friends! :)

SANDI, bummer x infinity and no mixed numbers about it. What a lousy way to start the day---hope the gal in CA put your job at the top of the list. I'm banking on your ability to persuade and direct the principal effectively. Your years of experience should weigh heavily in that direction.

HODA, do hope you can get some restorative sleep tonight!

JUDIE, thanks for the "do" reminder. Monday a.m. I canceled the appt. I had for Tuesday once I learned I'd be heading for ER. Hope to get in Tuesday of next week--no time to bother with son coming in from NJ tomorrow.

Adrenaline has kicked in and I'm feeling up to the tasks at hand. SIL is out of town on business, so Julie, Lee and I will have Thurs. evening for catching up on those things only immediate family members really care about.

Good morning! Jack did not hunt last night and looking out the window, I see I need to go make armadillo repairs. I have to wash the dirt back into the holes and attempt to replant the grass. Grrrr!

After that I do believe I am going shopping, not my first choice of things to do. However, have a wedding to go to in a few weeks and thinking a new pants outfit is in order. The wedding is at the Fort Worth zoo and pants will be appropriate.

My flat needs some serious LOLLYPALOUZING!!!Small steps towards that!Last time I did laundry was 4th of September!!!Did two loads this morning!Surface cleaned the kitchen but my God lots more to do.I have to tend to my plants. One is flowering and I did not notice it till this morning.

Praying JO is well with the treatment this morning.Love you JO.As SHAR says, " when I grow up I want to be exactly like you."

Headed out for Festival errands. Hoping to reclaim 500$ deposit cheque today...Kristin is leaving Sunday so we will have lunch today.She never did settle in. Plans now to move to Vermont!!! I wish her well and I am sad at the same time.

Great, Jo! Know that just getting to these appointments is tiring...mentally and physically! Just know we are lifting you in prayer.

Know how when you go shopping and you just can not find anything or nothing fits. Well, everything I tried on today fit and I liked everything. Whoops! Went to one store and bought an outfit and two blouses all on big sale. Then drove to Fort Worth to my favorite store and ended up with two more outfits and one extra blouse to make a third. Got all with coupons but that store starts out more expensive. Whoops! I think I am set for the wedding and for Fall. However, now I have the problem of what to wear!

over night I got 2 1?2 inches of the wet stuff don't want to say the R word

and now coming home we had a deluge of wet stuff at work and got another 2 1/2 in the gauge again and more coming blurb

the retention pond at work almost went over in the parking lot but the rain did stop and it has drained down some but if it continues it will go over the edge They are asking cars not to park near it but you know how some people are Don't listen

Nephew, Blaine, the chiropractor and nurse practitioner made a post on fb and all the comments are hilarious. He treated a patient, went back into the treatment room to get his pen after the patient left. There on the floor was a bag of marijuana. He has flushed it but the comments are hilarious. One comment was "Eat only one brownie at the Hendrick's next party."

Good early evening to all ♥I took an hr nap - but it was really a sound sleep. Felt great!

Happy so many of you had productive days.

I am getting geared up to attend on Saturday a baby shower over at the Train Station in Shepherdstown for my upcoming 13th great grandchild. Jenny, the grandmother to be, along with a best friend of the mother to be are the Hostesses.Showers are fun and I love seeing all the gifts of the little boy outfits. Baby due end Nov or first part of Dec. ♥

a gal from work is in the hospital She is a diabetic and I think it is what made this all happen She left work yesterday disoriented ended up having a head on collision and is in the hospital on life support She was found in Manatee County south of here hours away This happened yesterday after work

JUDYE thank you for eagle alert and pictures.So sorry about your coworker not good.

Well we did not get our five hundred dollars back!The statue was damaged from the store, we have no pictures, she is adamant that we damaged it. I feel sick to my stomach as it is not right!!!Someone else will have to deal with her.

I put up my outdoor plants and am ready for autumn.The trees are changing colour.It is autumn.

Hunter is home today--a sad situation. Yesterday on the way to the bus, he and his good friend Anthony were playing around. Hunter was chasing Anthony. He grabbed Anthony's bookbag and they both fell with Hunter on top of Anthony. Hunter heard Anthony's leg break. Anthony screamed, and Hunter ran to Anthony's house to get Anthony's mother. It is a very bad break that requires surgeries. Hunter is devastated.

Things were very confusing at first. The school called Kathryn, saying that it was Hunter who was hurt. Kathryn called me, and at first we thought it happened at school rather than at the bus stop right down the street. I would have been at the bus stop much sooner if I had known.

Anthony's surgery is this afternoon, I think. They took him to Richmond yesterday.

Shirley, I am sure that Hunter feels terrible. What a tough life lesson for him. Not sure what the life lesson is other than actions can sometimes bring unexpected consequences. Prayers for successful surgery.

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SHEPHERDSTOWN EAGLE CAM

This blog chronicles the activities of the eagle nest located along the Potomac in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The nest has been active for nine seasons, fledging many juvenile bald eagles. A large, international community has developed as a result of this extraordinary pair of eagles.